Acceptable Use
For more information on acceptable uses of Appalachian's Open AIR institutional repository, please review the University's Acceptable Use of Computing and Electronic Resources policy.
Privacy
For information on how Figshare collects, processes and uses your personal information, please refer to the privacy policy at figshare.com/privacy which is subject to and forms part of these Terms. The privacy policy will apply to personal information collected in connection with a Personal Account.
In the case of Portals, we will only use or otherwise process Account Data to perform our obligations under the Contract and otherwise in accordance with the instructions of the Portal Owner. Accordingly, you should refer to the privacy policy of the Portal Owner for information about how it collects, processes and uses your personal information.
Security
The security of your private Content is a key priority for Figshare. For a description of the safeguards Figshare aims to keep in place in respect of your private Content, please refer to the Figshare knowledge portal at knowledge.figshare.com. These safeguards will typically include measures to prevent unauthorized access, use, modification, deletion and disclosure of your private Content, while noting they vary or may not apply depending on the part of the Service you are using. For example, the Content on a Portal may be hosted by the Portal Owner, the security of which Figshare has no control. While Figshare makes regular backups of the Content it hosts, you should always keep a local copy of your important files.
Ownership
Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of any Content from you to Figshare, so you must ensure that Figshare is authorized and otherwise free to lawfully host and otherwise use any User Submission as envisaged by these Terms or the relevant Service. You also agree to provide such information as Figshare may request to demonstrate that you own or otherwise control all rights required to make any Submission in accordance with these Terms and to grant the rights envisaged.
For clarity, these Terms do not grant Figshare any rights to Submissions beyond those required to operate, support and otherwise provide the Services, or as otherwise specified. For example, these will include rights to host, reformat and index User Submissions and product improvement, analytical, reporting and research purposes. If you (or in the case of Portals, the Portal Owner) have chosen to make any User Submission publicly available, these will also include rights to process that Content, and associated metadata, to make it more discoverable, and make the same available to others on an indefinite basis, including via Figshare.com. You understand that such User Submissions, and those that you may have chosen to share, will be accessed by individuals or entities that Figshare does not control. The rights and licences granted to Figshare shall extend to its affiliates and trusted third parties (for the purpose of their work for Figshare).
Content You Must Not Submit
You shall ensure that no part of any User Submission: (i) violates, infringes or makes unauthorised use of any Proprietary Rights (ii) is defamatory, derogatory, discriminatory or violates any rights of privacy (iii) breaches, causes the breach, or promotes or encourages the breach of, any applicable law (iv) contains a virus, malware or other potentially harmful component, information or instructions (v) is indecent, obscene, offensive, abusive, sexually explicit, violent or pornographic (vi) contains educational records, health or other sensitive personal, highly classified or regulated information or personal information of others, or which you are not authorised to upload, publish or share (vii) is fraudulent or known to be false or misleading or (viii) could result in any claim or action against Figshare or affiliates, or damage their goodwill or reputation in any way.
Figshare's Removal Rights
Figshare shall have no obligation to review any User Submissions, whether private or public, which you acknowledge are the sole responsibility of the person(s) that made the Submission. While Figshare is not responsible for any User Submission, it reserves the right, without notice, at its sole discretion and without liability, (i) to alter, delete or block access to content that it deems to be inappropriate or insufficiently protected, and (ii) to restrict or remove User access where it considers that use of Figshare interferes with its operations or violates these Terms of Use or applicable laws (including upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such User Submission or if Figshare is concerned that the Submission otherwise breaches these Terms). In the case of Portals, it may be that Figshare requires the Portal Owner to take this action rather than to intervene itself.
